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Michelle Obama’s suggestion Trump is end of ‘hope’ for America gets pushback

First lady Michelle Obama’s suggestion that the United States has lost hope now that Donald Trump has becoming president after eight years of husband President Obama bringing hope and change to Americans was met Saturday with some pushback.

“Michelle Obama says there is no hope, Trump, the Republican president-elect, said at a rally in Alabama. I assume she was talking about the past not the future. I honestly believe she meant that statement differently than the way it came out.

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker said before Trump spoke at the rally: “Yes, Michelle, we have hope again.”

Obama said in an excerpt of her final White House interview, conducted by Oprah Winfrey: We feel the difference now. … Now were feeling like what not having hope feels like. What do you do if you dont have hope, Oprah?

The full interview is scheduled to air Monday on CBS-TV.

President Obama was a first-term Illinois Democratic senator when he won the White House race in 2008 with a captivating message of hope and change and became the countrys first black president.

Barack didnt just talk about hope because he thought it was a nice slogan to get votes, the first lady said in the CBS interview. He and I and so many believe: What else do you have if you dont have hope?

The first lady during her time in the White House made top priorities of empowering young women and promoting healthy eating habits.

She argued in the interview that children are the ones who most need hope.

And to try to explain how her husband gave Americans hope, she said he was like the soothing parent who didnt overreact when a child bumps his or her head on a table.